Raymond Ibrahim
Whatever Russia's motives in Syria, one thing is clear: persecuted Syrian Christians favor Russian intervention against the jihadis slaughtering them, while accusing the U.S. and Western allies of only engaging in cosmetic strikes. Here are the words of a Syrian Christian leader--one well acquainted with the persecution his people are experiencing--concerning Russian intervention, as reported in Asia News. Note also what he says of the non-IS rebels being struck by Russia, the groups the U.S. is eager to portray as simply "anti-Assad rebels," but which in fact are also Christian-slaughtering jihadis: